The Map That Changed The World
by Simon Winchester
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New, slight wear to cover
- ISBN 10
- 0060193611
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193614
- Seller
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Barrington, Illinois, United States
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Synopsis
Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles: he was imprisoned for debt, turned out of his home, his work was plagiarised, his wife went insane and the scientific establishment shunned him. It was not until 1829, when a Yorkshire aristocrat recognised his genius, that he was returned to London in triumph: The Map That Changed the World is his story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rocking Chair Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 117409
- Title
- The Map That Changed The World
- Author
- Simon Winchester
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, Dustjacket
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060193611
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193614
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 329
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